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We need to rethink our road safety strategies
Dear Editor,
It seems as if certain things will never change. Six are now dead due to reckless driving. For such an accident to occur, I must assume that the minibus was seeding. I am a regular traveler by night, and from observation, I have seen many bus drivers going above 110kmph during the nights.
Many of them are hesitant to slow down, even when there are potential dangers. I wonder if there is no braking system on the buses. Furthermore some buses do not have lights bright enough, to be traveling at a fast rate.
The Zero Tolerance Campaign on speeding was unsuccessful in my opinion. The best way to prevent speeding is to conduct regular patrols along the roadways; something I rarely observe, and never saw happened during the nights.
What is more prevalent is seeing traffic officer, hiding in a corner, with a speed gun, and ambushing an oncoming vehicle, that may only be 5 km above the limit. When minibuses pass the officers, it is business as usual.
It seems as if the idea of using speed guns is to earn money, rather than to prevent speeding.
I was truly amazed at the joy of police officers when they caught someone who was just above the speed limit in a 50km zone. If we really want to stop all the reckless driving, we would have to rethink our strategies urgently.
Riaz N. Khan
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